Below you will find four essay prompt YOU MUST ANSWER QUESTION NUMBER ONE. Then

Below you will find four essay prompt YOU MUST ANSWER QUESTION NUMBER ONE.
Then pick any of the two remaining to answer. You may use as much paper as you like. Read
each question carefully, and answer them as fully as you can. You will be graded on the strength
of your argument and on how well you answered the question.
1. Rayvon Fouché frames the core construction of his book around the argument “it’s not
the machine, it’s the motor.” First, what does he mean when he says this? Second, give
three examples of how his book challenged this notion. Third, by the end of the book, did
he change his mind about his argument of machine and motor?
2. What is your definition of what it means to be a cyborg? How does sport both challenge
an enforce the idea that we are all already cyborgs? Given the idea of cyborg existence,
how do you imagine the future of sport will be shaped by science and technology?
3. Given the complications of the Athlete Biological Passport (ABP), direct testing for
drugs, and gender binary testing, what, in your mind, is the future of drug testing in
sport? First, briefly explain the failures of ABP, direct drug, and gender testing. Then,
drawing from these failures, put forth what you think would be a solution in the future.
4. What is your definition of “performance enhancement”? Where, would you argue, that
we can draw a line between “competitive advantage” and performance enhancement?
Give two examples of both. Where would you place “blood doping” on this spectrum,
and why? Finally, what is an example of what you foresee as something that is labeled
performance enhancement now that you think will fall into simple competitive advantage
in the future?